Pierce, with Atlanta guards Kent Bazemore and Dennis Schroder falling into him, leaned back for a fall-away long two at the horn.

With everything going against them, the Wizards were Game 3 winners. And took a 2-1 Eastern Conference semifinal lead.

Asked by ESPN’s Chris Broussard, moments after hitting the game-winning buzzer-beater off the backboard, if he called ‘bank,’ The Truth looked around Verizon Center, surrounded by celebratory euphoria, then leaned into the mic.